Shock receiving and delivering means for shredding-machines.



I J. K. SHARPE, JR. SHOCK RECEIVING AND DELIVERING MEANS FOR SHREDDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.23, 1911.

Patented 0013.7,1913.

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SHOCK RECEIVING AND DELIVERING MEANS EOR S HREDDING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED 113.23, 1911.

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JOSEPH IiSHAItPE, JR., OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOE TO THE SCI-IUMAN COMPANY, OF INDIANA'PGLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OFIYIAIIIE.

SHOCK RECEIVING AND DELIVERING MEAIITS FOR, SHREDDING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH K. SHARPE, Jr.,' a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in thecounty of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock Receiving and Delivering Means for Shredding- Machines, of which the following is a specification. q A q The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient device for elevating shocks of corn upon a shredder and deliver-. ing the same ad acent the shredding and; husking mechanisms of such machines wlth 1'n convenient reach of the operator sothat such material may be in position to be constantly supplied to said mechanisms-while at the same time a further supply is being continually elevated 'to be placed in feeding position, as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out. p I

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, Figure 1 is a plan of a portion of a shredder with my improvements applied thereto; Fig. 2 a front elevation; Fig. 3 a longitudinal. section on the dotted line 3-3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a perspective of the mast-supporting spider which I employ; Fig. 5 a perspective of my improved rotary feeding table; and Fig. 6 is a detail showing the means for locking said table in its various positions.

Insaid drawings the portions marked 10 represent'the shredder, 11 the husking and snapping rolls, and 13, 14, 15, walls constituting the feeding hopper.

Near the forward end of the shredder I mount a spider, 17, upon suitable supporting members, as 18, or otherwise, to which spider a track, 19, is secured inany desired manner, or where desired said spider and track may be formed integrally. Centrally of said spider 17, as at 20, I mount the base member, 21, of a mast, 22, having a crossmember, 23, or other suitable means at its upper end for supporting pulleys, 24. Said mast 21 extends through-and constitutes an axial bearing for my improved rotary feeding table, 25, which I preferably provide with a sleeve, 26, by which. it may be securely mounted on said mast. :Said table-25 I pre ferv to seatwithin a surrounding platform, 27, and provide the same with divisional walls, 30, 31, 32, which form compartments,

33, 34, 35, each for the reception of a corn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. "2,1913.

Application filedFebruary 23,1911. ,Serial No. 610,122.

shock and for supporting the same in upright position. The under side of said rota'ry table is provided with rollers, 36, or other suitable anti-friction devices for rotatively supporting said table on the track 19. Adjacent said mast, or at any appropriate point, I mount suitable winding mechanism for operating the shock-elevating cables, 40, 41, which preferably pass over the pulleys 24 and down through said mast and are attached to said winding mechanism, which latter may comprise a shaft, 42, supported by bearings, 43, and upon which shaft I mount winding drums, 44, 45, one for each cable, and which drums are provided on their adjacent ends with clutch members, 46, 47, adapted to be engaged by a clutch member, 48, mounted on said shaft, the latter being also provided with a driving pulley, 49, adapted to be belted to any desired power pulley on the shredder by longitudinally shifting shaft 42, which is held in adjustable position by collars, 50, by.

no part of my present invention it will not be further described herein, as I may select appropriate or well known winding mechanism for operating said shock elevating cables 40, 41.

In orderto facilitate the elevation of the shocks from the ground I provide guides or runways, as 55, at either side of platform 27, which may be hooked or otherwisesecured thereto, and up which a shock may be guided while being elevated to the rotary feeding table 25. Each of said shock compartments may at all times be held in posi tive receiving and feeding position by means of an automatic catch, as 56, communicating with platform 27 and table 25, as indicated in Fig. 6.

In the drawings I have shown a feeding table comprising three shockreceiving compartments, but it will be understood that any desired number may be employed. In operation, the end of a cable, as 40, is drawn out to and secured to a shock, when the cable-winding mechanism is set in motion to compartment 33, with its shock, is brought.

into registry with the feeding'hopper of the machine, and occupies the position of compartment 34, Fig. 1, when the shocked material to be fed to the husking rolls is thus within convenient reach of the operator,

who stands on platform 27 near the feeding hopper. While such material is being re'- moved from compartment 33 other shocks in like manner are being delivered from opposite sides of the machine into 'compart-.

'ments 34: and 35, which in turn are brought by rotation into feedmg positlon. 'In cases where it is deslred to use but two of thecompartments, as for instance 34 and 33, compartment 34, when freed from material and unlocked, may be shifted to the position shown to be occupied by compartment 35, at

"which operation compartment 33 with its shock is brought to feeding position, and when freed from material (in the meantime compartment 3% having been loaded) may be shifted back to original position, during which movement compartment 34 with its shock is brought to feeding position, so that these two compartments may be utilized alternately to deliver shocks from each side of the machine by simply shifting them back and forth, thus'obviating the necessity of completely rotating the feeding table in one direction each time a shock is brought to feeding position.

I claim as my invention.

1. Shock receiving and delivering mechanism for shredding machines, comprising a mast, a rotary table associated with said mast and having divisional walls constituting shock receptacles, an elevating cable supported by said mast, and winding mechanism communicating with said cable for actuating the same to elevate shocks upon said table.

2. Shock receiving and delivering mechanism for shredding machines, comprising a track, a table mounted on said track and having divisional walls constituting shock receptacles, a mast projecting through said table, a cable carried by said mast, and winding mechanism communicating with said cable for operating the same.

3. Shock receiving and delivering mechanism for shredding machines, comprising a table having a base and divisional walls,

and means for movably supporting said table to shift shocks from receiving to delivering positions.

4. Shock receiving and delive'ring.mechanism for shredding machines, comprising a table having a base and divisional walls, a track, anti-friction bearings between .said base and track, and means for holdingsaid table in predetermined position. 1 p

5. Shock receiving and delivering means for shredding machines, comprising a track, table mounted on said track and having d vlsional walls const tutmg 'shoclrrecep ta'cles, a mast constituting an axial bearing for said table, meansassociated with said mast for encircling and elevating a shock, and means for actuating said shock-elevating means.-

. 6. Shock receiving and delivering'means for shredding machines, comprising a mast,

a table rotatably mounted thereon and having divisional walls constituting shock re} .cepta'cles, a cable supported by said mast one end of which is adapted to encircle a shock, and means for drawing said cable above said table to deposit a shock thereon.

7. Shock receiving and delivering means for shredding machines, comprising a support, a table rotatably mounted thereon and having divisional walls constitutingshock receptacles, means associated with said table",

for elevating shocks thereon, and means for actuating saidrshock elevating means.

8. Shockreceiving and delivering means for shredding machines, comprising a movable table having compartments one of which registers with the feeding hopper of said machine and another of which is positioned to receive material elevated at one side of said machine,-means for securing said table in position, means associated'with said table for elevating shocks thereon, and

means for actuating said shock elevatingmeans.

9. Shock receiving and delivering means for shredding machines, "comprising a retary table having compartments each adapted to receive material and deliver the same in proXimity to the husking' mechanism of said machine, means associated with said table for elevating shocks thereon, and means for' actuating said shock elevating means.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH K. SHARPE, JR. Witnesses: r

J. A. WALSH, LEE R. GARBER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

